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11:00 AM ET, August 11, 2006

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Washington Post:
Tip Followed '05 Attacks on London Transit  —  It all began with a tip: In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005, suicide bombings on London's transit system, British authorities received a call from a worried member of the Muslim community, reporting general suspicions about an acquaintance.
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Time:
Thwarting the Airline Plot: Inside the Investigation  —  Exclusive: U.S. picked up the suspects' chatter and shared it with British authorities; new federal alert warns that peroxide-based explosives could also be employed in future attacks in the U.S.  —  Wednesday night was a long …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Evening update: Ever crazier details about terror plot emerge (Update: Suspects named)  —  Tomorrow's British papers are out and the big A's been doing what he does best: skimming and excerpting.  There's a lot here, but don't gloss over the blockquotes.  They're all worth it, I promise.
Olivier Knox / Agence France Presse:
Bush seeks political gains from foiled plot  —  CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush seized on a foiled London airline bomb plot to hammer unnamed critics he accused of having all but forgotten the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Officials Cite Sophistication and Scale of Plane Scheme  —  Intelligence and counterterrorism officials said yesterday that the scale and sophistication of the scheme to blow up jetliners over the Atlantic could mean that Al Qaeda, whose central command has been severely damaged since 2001, was again able to direct attacks.
Times of London:   At 11pm came the phone call that triggered security swoop
The Blotter:   British Penetrate Terror Cell
Beth Gardiner / Associated Press:   British Muslims fear arrest backlash
Guardian:   'A plot to commit murder on an unimaginable scale'
The Blotter:   FBI Investigates American Connection to London Terror Plot
Opinion Journal:
'Mass Murder' Foiled  —  A terror plot is exposed by the policies many American liberals oppose.  —  Americans went to work yesterday to news of another astonishing terror plot against U.S. airlines, only this time the response was grateful relief.  British authorities had busted the …
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Telegraph:
Middle-class and British: the Muslims in plots to bomb jets  —  Timeline: five years since September 11  —  Twenty-four terrorist suspects being held last night over an alleged plot to blow up as many as 10 transatlantic jets include middle-class, well-educated young men born in Britain.
Times of London:
A plan 'to commit unimaginable mass murder'  —  ALARMING intelligence that an attack was imminent was the trigger for police raids which captured 24 terrorist suspects, including two white converts to Islam, The Times has learnt.  —  Counter-terrorist agencies, which had been monitoring …
Discussion: The Asylum
New York Times:
The London Plot  —  For almost five years now, we have carried around the legacy of Sept. 11.  There is no sunny morning that does not revive its memory.  The news of a terrorist plot against America-bound airliners yesterday called up feelings that are never all that far below the surface.
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Jerusalem Post:
Lebanon: Cease-fire draft 'unacceptable'  —  A new obstacle arose over the latest UN draft proposal to stop the fighting between Israel and Hizbullah on Thursday night, when Lebanon refused to allow the French to enforce its mandate as allowed by the UN's chapter VII regulations.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Lebanon Getting Choosy
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
GOP Candidates Facing Troublesome Trend  —  Republicans determined to win in November are up against a troublesome trend - growing opposition to President Bush.  —  An Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted this week found the president's approval rating has dropped to 33 percent, matching his low in May.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:   08/10/06 FOX News Poll: 2006 Election Anti-Incumbent Fever; Job Ratings
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: IDF fumes over denied victory  —  The booms of Katyusha rockets continued; another day of what has become routine in the North.  But the IDF was holding position, waiting for orders that did not come.  After 30 days of fighting, the war with Hizbullah seemed to be nearing its conclusion Thursday.
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Yaakov Katz / Associated Press:
Heavy clashes between IDF troops, Hizbullah in Rashaf
Discussion: Power Line
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
Put the blame where it belongs: God and the Republican Party  —  We are so screwed.  —  That's the result of a new survey of people's attitudes toward evolution.  Notice where the United States lies: nearly dead last.  We beat Turkey.  —  There was more to this study than just asking whether …
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Magpie / Pacific Views:
CHARLES DARWIN REALLY NEEDS A POSSE IN THE US.
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
Hindrocket / Power Line:
STICKS AND STONES  —  This morning, Joe Malchow noted that a CAIR press conference on the arrest of more than twenty alleged terrorists in England was scheduled for noon, eastern time.  Joe gave CAIR some very sound advice on what to say: … Joe also predicted that CAIR wouldn't take his advice …
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Daily Mail:
Day of terror strikes was planned for August 16  —  Terrorists were planning to unleash a series of deadly mid-air explosions on flights between London and America on August 16, it has been revealed today.  —  Members of the terror group, who were arrested in a series of raids …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain  —  With the defeat of Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary in Connecticut, antiwar forces are poised for a takeover of the Democratic Party.  Tuesday's exhilarating victory, and the elan and electoral legitimacy gained, may carry the newly energized Democratic left …
Elizabeth Green / WTAP-TV:
Facing Charges of Aiding Terrorists  —  Watch it Now!  —  Twenty-year olds Ali Howssaiky and Osama Abulhassan are facing charges of money laundering to aid terrorism.  This comes after a traffic stop Tuesday led police to thousands of dollars in cash, several disposable cell phones …
Discussion: Reuters and PoliPundit.com
Jonathan Adler / The Volokh Conspiracy:
GOV'T MAY PROSECUTE RECIPIENTS OF LEAKED INFORMATION: The federal government may prosecute private citizens who illegally receive and retransmit classified information, held federal district court Judge T.S. Ellis III yesterday in United States v. Rosen.  Judge Ellis denied a motion to dismiss filed …
 
 
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